The Good Food Guide, in partnership with Square, will be inviting the public to nominate their favourite local restaurants to be in the running for Britain’s 100 Best Local Restaurants 2025.
Now in its 15th year, the campaign is dedicated to seeking out and celebrating the best of local, independent dining – the places at the beating heart of communities around Britain.
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We encourage you to direct diners towards the nomination form from 5th March 2025 via your website, emails and social media, and in your restaurant by using the printable assets provided. We have also provided a QR code to be added to the bill, till receipts and other printed materials, which will direct diners to the nomination form.
Once the campaing is live, you will find the nomination form here: www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk/best-local-restaurant/2025/nominations
Nominations will be open from 5th March until 16th April 2025. 
Eligibility
A Best Local Restaurant will generally meet the following criteria:
- Independently run; owned by the chef or a hands-on proprietor
- Offer regularly changing, seasonal menus at affordable prices
- Demonstrate strong relationships with local suppliers
- Be rooted in the local community
- Offer at least two dinner services a week
- Give customers a genuine, warm welcome
See 'Six signs you're in a great local restaurant' for more on what we're looking for, and view last year's winners here.
The final list of 100 Best Local Restaurants, including one overall winner and additional regional winners, will be selected by editors of the Guide in consultation with inspectors.
'We are completely gobsmacked about winning the Best Local Restaurant award. To be included in the top 100 in our first few months would have been a great achievement but to be the overall winners is such a huge honour and testament to all the hard work of the team since day one, so this is for them. Our sign above the door says "a neighbourhood bistro" and being a great local restaurant is everything we wanted Bavette to be. Thank you to everyone who has come through our doors, you’ve made Bavette what it is'
— Bavette, overall Best Local Restaurant winner 2024
Assets
You can download the below assets to share your participation in the campaign:
Nomination cards
Business cards which restaurants can have professionally printed or can order from our shop here. The cards have a QR code which links directly to the nomination form. We recommend displaying these on tables or leaving with receipts to encourage nominations.
Order Nomination Cards
Social media assets
Artwork which you can post on your social media channels to encourage nominations. We have provided a square version for main feed posts and a portrait version for stories.
Digital website button
Use this on your website to link to the nomination form: www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk/best-local-restaurant/2025/nominations
Other ways to share
If you have an email list, your email newsletter can be a great way to announce your participation.
FAQS
Q: Can you provide more details on printing business cards?
Restaurants can purchase business cards here. Or should have business cards professionally printed in the correct size (85x55mm). Any printed materials are at the restaurant’s expense.
Q: How can customers nominate from our website or via our social media channels?
We recommend adding the digital button to your website with a link to the nominations page: www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk/best-local-restaurant/2025/nominations. This button can also be used on your social channels, although you are welcome to use your own imagery too.
Q: Can restaurants publicise The Good Food Guide's 100 Best Local Restaurants?
Yes. We encourage you to advertise your participation as widely as possible. We recommend using email marketing, social media, your website and printed business cards to prompt nominations.
Restaurants can promote the fact that The Good Food Guide will enter participating customers into a prize draw to win a £250 voucher. We do not recommend that restaurants run their own competitions or prize draws in relation to the awards.
Q: How many nominations do you receive?
In previous years we have received up to 60,000 nominations. We do not disclose how many nominations each restaurant receives.
Q: How are nominations verified?
Nominations are carefully audited by The Good Food Guide team before being passed to the editors for consideration. Incomplete submissions and invalid names will be removed and multiple nominations for the same restaurant from the same individual will not be valid.
Q: If I get nominations for The Good Food Guide's 100 Best Local Restaurants will I be included in The Good Food Guide?
Not necessarily. Receiving nominations does not guarantee inclusion in the Guide. However, the winners must be of Good Food Guide standard and therefore will be included in the Guide.
For any queries that have not been answered on this page, you can contact us at editors@thegoodfoodguide.co.uk. We will endeavour to answer your query as quickly as possible.
ASSET DOWNLOAD
Click 'download' to get a zip file of all restaurant assets for The Good Food Guide's 100 Best Local Restaurants 2025 in partnership with Square:
